Multi-dayMen

Essex v Surrey

Match drawn

County Championship, Match 3323 May 2025 to 26 May 2025The Oval, London

ESS

Essexbatted first

217 & 479139.1 ov

SUR

Surrey

279 & 289/784 ov

Surrey won the toss and chose to field

ESSEssex innings

21762.2 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c DP Sibley b SM Curran	31	25	6	0	124.0
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b J Clark	38	63	6	0	60.3
T Westley	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	20	53	3	0	37.7
CWJ Allison	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	0	5	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b TE Lawes	16	44	2	0	36.4
MS Pepper	c SM Curran b J Overton	75	94	9	1	79.8
NRM Thain	c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	3	21	0	0	14.3
SR Harmer	lbw b SM Curran	0	11	0	0	0.0
S Snater	c DP Sibley b J Overton	28	36	6	0	77.8
CAK Rajitha	b NG Smith	1	22	0	0	4.5
JA Porter	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 2	5
Total	all out, 62.2 overs, run rate 3.48	217

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-50 D Elgar2-88 PI Walter3-88 CWJ Allison4-95 T Westley5-127 MJJ Critchley6-143 NRM Thain7-146 SR Harmer8-197 S Snater9-217 CAK Rajitha10-217 MS Pepper

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DJ Worrall	14	2	47	1	3.36	64	8	0	0	1
NG Smith	14	2	53	3	3.79	60	8	0	1	0
SM Curran	9	0	32	2	3.56	37	4	0	0	0
J Clark	12	3	45	1	3.75	53	8	0	0	0
TE Lawes	8	4	9	1	1.13	41	0	0	0	0
J Overton	5.2	0	29	2	5.44	21	4	1	0	0

SURSurrey innings

27972.4 ov

Surrey batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c D Elgar b JA Porter	15	18	3	0	83.3
DP Sibley	c D Elgar b CAK Rajitha	41	117	7	0	35.0
KR Patterson	c PI Walter b JA Porter	51	71	9	0	71.8
TE Lawes	b CAK Rajitha	1	16	0	0	6.3
SM Curran	c SR Harmer b CAK Rajitha	70	83	11	0	84.3
BT Foakes	lbw b CAK Rajitha	2	12	0	0	16.7
JJ Roy	b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
J Overton	c MS Pepper b CAK Rajitha	0	8	0	0	0.0
J Clark	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	54	66	8	0	81.8
NG Smith	not out	24*	32	4	0	75.0
DJ Worrall	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	13	9	1	1	144.4
Extras	w 2, nb 6	8
Total	all out, 72.4 overs, run rate 3.84	279

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-22 RJ Burns2-88 KR Patterson3-93 TE Lawes4-122 DP Sibley5-132 BT Foakes6-133 JJ Roy7-144 J Overton8-226 SM Curran9-265 J Clark10-279 DJ Worrall

Bowling to Surrey
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	19	3	65	2	3.42	87	11	0	0	0
S Snater	20	3	72	1	3.60	90	12	0	2	0
CAK Rajitha	22	4	87	5	3.95	90	14	0	0	1
NRM Thain	7	0	41	0	5.86	22	5	0	0	2
SR Harmer	4.4	2	14	2	3.00	22	1	1	0	0

ESSEssex innings

479139.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	118	147	19	0	80.3
D Elgar	c NG Smith b DJ Worrall	64	184	6	0	34.8
SR Harmer	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	0	7	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c KR Patterson b J Clark	50	114	7	0	43.9
CWJ Allison	c & b J Clark	140	235	19	2	59.6
MJJ Critchley	lbw b DJ Worrall	4	10	0	0	40.0
MS Pepper	c BT Foakes b SM Curran	18	35	1	0	51.4
NRM Thain	c RJ Burns b DJ Worrall	50	93	6	0	53.8
S Snater	run out (NG Smith, BT Foakes)	10	8	0	1	125.0
CAK Rajitha	c TE Lawes b DJ Worrall	0	2	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 17, w 3, nb 4	25
Total	all out, 139.1 overs, run rate 3.44	479

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-188 PI Walter2-191 SR Harmer3-205 D Elgar4-285 T Westley5-294 MJJ Critchley6-343 MS Pepper7-459 NRM Thain8-471 CWJ Allison9-478 CAK Rajitha10-479 S Snater

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DJ Worrall	33	9	77	4	2.33	155	6	3	0	0
SM Curran	14	1	54	1	3.86	58	9	0	1	0
NG Smith	24	2	90	2	3.75	102	13	0	1	2
J Clark	23.1	2	87	2	3.76	79	8	0	0	0
TE Lawes	24	1	99	0	4.13	97	16	0	0	0
J Overton	21	1	54	0	2.57	91	6	0	1	0

SURSurrey innings

289/784 ov

Surrey batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	st MS Pepper b SR Harmer	39	64	5	0	60.9
DP Sibley	st MS Pepper b SR Harmer	40	96	5	0	41.7
KR Patterson	b JA Porter	40	63	6	0	63.5
SM Curran	c CWJ Allison b JA Porter	77	121	9	1	63.6
BT Foakes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	7	18	1	0	38.9
JJ Roy	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
J Overton	c MJJ Critchley b JA Porter	47	102	7	0	46.1
J Clark	not out	23*	41	4	0	56.1
Extras	lb 10, nb 6	16
Total	7 wickets, 84 overs, run rate 3.44	289

Did not batTE Lawes, NG Smith, DJ Worrall

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-76 RJ Burns2-115 DP Sibley3-143 KR Patterson4-167 BT Foakes5-167 JJ Roy6-238 SM Curran7-289 J Overton

Bowling to Surrey
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	27	5	88	5	3.26	118	13	1	0
S Snater	10	1	42	0	4.20	38	6	0	0
CAK Rajitha	11	0	42	0	3.82	46	6	0	2
SR Harmer	34	7	94	2	2.76	153	12	0	1
MJJ Critchley	2	0	13	0	6.50	4	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Surrey, chose to field
Umpires: M Burns and RJ Bailey
Match referee: PM Such
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 18 / 6°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 2: 21 / 11°C, 5.8 mm rain
Day 3: 19 / 10°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 4: 17 / 9°C, 0.7 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-05-23-essex-v-surrey/scorecard200

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  "result": "Match drawn",
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    { "team": "Surrey", "runs": 279, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Essex", "runs": 479, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Surrey", "runs": 289, "wickets": 7 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 41 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 22 rows ... ]
}

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